Table 1.
Descriptive Information for PFI Studies and Changes in Drinking Quantity Across Personalized Feedback Conditions
| Study | N at shortest follow-up | Participant eligibility criteria | Mean age (years) | % Male | Group(s) | Baseline drinks M(SD) | Quantity dwi (follow-up) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agostinelli, Brown, & Miller (1995) | 23 | Over 80 drinks past month | NR | 52.0 | Mailed PFI | 16.40 (10.40)/wk | .88 (6 wk) |
| Barnett et al. (2007) | 215 | High-risk referralsa | 18.80 | 48.9 | In-person PFI-BMI | 4.92 (2.53)/occasion | .06 (3 mo) .11 (1 yr) |
| Borsari & Carey (2000) | 59 | 2 binges past month | 18.58 | 43.0 | In-person PFI-BMI | 17.57 (8.20)/wk | .81 (6 wk) |
| Borsari & Carey (2005) | 60 | High-risk drinkers with referrals | 19.10 | 77.5 | In-person PFI-BMI | 19.22 (9.65)/wk | .10 (3 mo) .06 (6 mo) |
| Butler & Correia (2009) | 84 | High-risk drinkers | 20.23 | 34.6 | In-person PFI-BMI Computerized PFI |
14.61 (7.60)/wk 15.47 (8.54)/wk |
.18 (1 mo) .55 (1 mo) |
| Carey, Carey, Maisto, & Henson (2006) | 496 | High-risk drinkers | 19.20 | 35.0 | In-person PFI-BMI | 20.70 (16.00)/wk | .53 (1 mo) .49 (6 mo) .59 (1 yr) |
| In-person PFI-BMI + decisional balance | 19.20 (13.00)/wk | .46 (1 mo) .12 (6 mo) .30 (1 yr) |
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| TLFB/In-person PFI-BMI | 19.60 (12.40)/wk | .56 (1 mo) .51 (6 mo) .32 (1 yr) |
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| TLFB/In-person PFI-BMI + decisional balance | 18.70 (13.20)/wk | .49 (1 mo) .33 (6 mo) .17 (1 yr) |
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| Carey, Henson, Carey, & Maisto (2009) | 192 | Mandated college students | 19.71 | 54.0 | In-person PFI-BMI | 14.79 (10.94)/wk | .31 (1 mo) NR (6 mo) NR (1 yr) |
| Carey, Carey, Henson, Maisto, & DeMartini (2011) | 650 | Mandated college students | 19.00 | 64.0 | In-person PFI-BMI | 14.35 (10.36)/wk | .36 (1 mo) NR (6 mo) NR (1 yr) |
| Collins, Carey, & Sliwinski (2002) | 100 | 2 binges past month | 18.67 | 50.0 | Mailed PFI | 14.8 (1.58)/wkb |
.31 (6 wk) −0.61 (6 mo) |
| Doumas & Haustveit (2008) | 28 | High-risk drinking freshmen athletes | 18.10 | 58.0 | Computerized PFI | 13.25 (7.80)/wk |
.58 (6 wk) 1.24 (3 mo) |
| Doumas et al. (2009) | 76 | Mandated college students | 19.24 | 72.4 | Computerized PFI | 8.16 (6.59)/wk | .61 (1 mo) |
| Doumas et al. (2010) | 113 | 1st-year athletes | 18.08 | 43.0 | Computerized PFI | 6.50 (6.09)/wk | .57 (3 mo) |
| Doumas et al. (2011) | 67 | Mandated college students | 19.07 | 70.0 | In-person PFI Computerized PFI |
11.81 (9.67)/wk 8.94 (8.17)/wk |
.19 (8 mo) −.31 (8 mo) |
| Fromme & Corbin (2004) | 113 | Disciplinary referrals | 19.26 | 62.3 | Pro-led PFI-BMI group Peer-led PFI-BMI group |
18.63 (13.55)/wk 18.60 (15.25)/wk |
.14 (6 wk) N/A (6 mo) .10 (6 wk) N/A (6 mo) |
| Geisner, Neighbors, Lee, & Larimer (2007) | 168 | Drinkers with elevated BDI scores | 19.28 | 30.0 | Mailed PFI | 6.22 (7.89)/wk | .11 (1 mo) |
| Hendershot et al. (2010) | 67 | Asian American college students | 20.2 | 46.5 | Computerized PFI | 1.53 (1.80)/wknd | .26 (1 mo) |
| Hustad, Barrett, Borsari, & Jackson (2009) | 80 | Incoming (nontransfer) freshmen | 18.10 | 49.0 | Computerized PFI | 8.86 (10.21)/wk | .16 (1 mo) |
| Jouriles et al. (2010) | 98 | 1 binge past 2 wk | 20.0 | 20.4 | Computerized PFI, typical condition | 14.3 (10.7)/wkc | .31 (2 wk) |
| Computerized PFI, reading condition | 11.2 (7.2)/wkc | .77 (2 wk) | |||||
| Computerized PFI, recall condition | 12.3 (9.2)/wkc | .37 (2 wk) | |||||
| Juárez et al. (2006) | 89 | 1 binge past 2 wk | 19.43 | 47.5 | In-person MI-PFI | 2.12 (1.36)/occasion | .63 (2 mo) |
| In-person MI + mailed PFI | 1.42 (0.80)/occasion | 1.27 (2 mo) | |||||
| Mailed PFI only | 1.77 (1.08)/occasion | 1.09 (2 mo) | |||||
| Larimer et al. (2001) | 120 | 1st-year fraternity members | 18.80 | 100.0 | Grp + individual PFI-BMI | 15.42 (12.05)/wk | .28 (1 yr) |
| Larimer et al. (2007) | 1488 | College students | 20.60 | 29.6 | Mailed PFI + postcards | 4.61 (7.45)/wk | −.03 (1 yr) |
| Lewis & Neighbors (2007) | 182 | 1 binge past month | 20.10 | 54.8 | Computerized PFI, gender Specific Computerized PFI, gender Neutral |
13.52 (10.32)/wk 11.43 (9.46)/wk |
.51 (1 mo) .51 (1 mo) |
| Lewis et al. (2007) | 209 | Freshmen reporting 1 binge past month | 18.53 | 46.2 | Computerized PFI, Gender Specific Computerized PFI, gender Neutral |
10.53 (8.88)/wk 11.66 (8.28)/wk |
.28 (5 mo) .41 (5 mo) |
| Marlatt et al. (1998) | 299 | High-risk freshmen | NR | 45.5 | In-person PFI-BMI | 4.70 (2.30)/occasion | N/A (6 mo) .29 (1 yr) .46 (2 yr) |
| Murphy et al. (2001) | 84 | High-risk drinkers | 19.60 | 46.0 | In-person PFI-BMI | 22.38 (12.04)/wk | .47 (3 mo) .53 (9 mo) |
| Murphy et al. (2004) | 51 | High-risk drinkers: | 19.94 | 31.0 | Computerized PFI + in-person BMI Computerized PFI |
31.81 (6.26)/wk 31.69 (6.17)/wk |
.93 (6 mo) .43 (6 mo) |
| Murphy, Dennhardt, Skidmore, Martens, & McDevitt-Murphy (2010): Study 1 | 69 | 1 binge past month (if minority); 2 binge past month (if Caucasian) | 21.20 | 41.0 | In-person PFI-BMI | 15.20 (9.58)/wk | .39 (1 mo) |
| Murphy et al. (2010): Study 2 | 138 | 1 binge past month (if minority); 2 binge past month (if Caucasian) | 18.60 | 50.0 | In-person PFI-BMId Computerized PFId |
14.61 (14.62)/wk 16.57 (16.30)/wk |
.39 (1 mo) .33 (1 mo) |
| Neighbors et al. (2004) | 252 | 1 binge past month | 18.50 | 41.0 | Computerized PFI | 12.14 (13.02)/wk |
.28 (3 mo) N/A (6 mo) |
| Neighbors et al. (2006) | 185 | 1 binge past month | 19.67 | 44.4 | Computerized PFI | 14.30 (11.75)/wk | .34 (2 mo) |
| Neighbors et al. (2010) | 818 | College freshmen | 18.16 | 42.20 | Computerized PFI, Gender Specific Computerized PFI, Gender Neutral |
11.85 (10.26)/wk 12.06 (12.08)/wk |
.13 (6 mo) N/A (1 yr) N/A (18 mo) N/A (2 yr) .13 (6 mo) N/A (1 yr) N/A (18 mo) N/A (2 yr) |
| Palfai, Zisserson, & Saitz (2011) | 119 | High-risk drinkers | 18.6 | 30.0 | Computerized PFI | 12.64 (7.30)/wk | .32 (1 mo) |
| Saitz et al. (2007) | 235 | AUDIT score ≥ 8 | 18.14 | 44.9 | Computerized, minimal PFI-BMI Computerized, extended PFI-BMI |
13.50 (9.59)/wk 14.75 (20.56)/wk |
.13 (1 mo)
.08 (1 mo) |
| Tevyaw, Borsai, Colby, & Monti (2007) | 36 dyads | Mandated referrals | 19.17 | 66.0 | In-person PFI-BMI In-person PFI-BMI with peer |
5.82 (2.73)/occasion 6.23 (4.07)/occasion |
.25 (1 mo) .41 (1 mo) |
| Wagener et al. (2012) | 142 | High-risk drinkers | 20.90 | 54.6 | In-person PFI Computerized PFI |
23.3 (13.0)/wk 24.0 (15.7)/wk |
.36 (10 wk) .14 (10 wk) |
| Walters (2000) | 34 | Over 40 drinks past month | NR | 61.8 | AE Grp + mailed PFI Mailed PFI only |
21.01 (24.73)/wkc
21.23 (11.27)/wkc |
.03 (6 wk) .68 (6 wk) |
| Walters, Bennett, & Miller (2000) | 37 | Over 40 drinks past month | NR | 40.5 | AE Grp + mailed PFI Mailed PFI only |
29.42 (11.47)/wkc
27.96 (14.69)/wkc |
.59 (6 wk) 1.27 (6 wk) |
| Walters et al. (2007) | 76 | College freshmen | NR | 51.9 | Computerized PFI | 8.92 (NR)/wk | N/A (8 wk) N/A (16 wk) |
| Walters, Vader, Harris, Feld, & Jouriles (2009) | 250 | 1 binge past 2 wk | 19.80 | 35.8 | Computerized PFI In-person MI-PFI |
14.27 (11.59)/wk 17.81 (14.38)/wk |
.06 (3 mo) .18 (6 mo) .45 (3 mo) .64 (6 mo) |
| White et al. (2007) | 319 | Mandated referrals | 18.64 | 60.1 | In-person PFI-BMI Computerized PFI |
7.57 (6.87)/wk 7.05 (5.95)/wk |
.38 (4 mo) .10 (15 mo) .27 (4 mo) −0.14 (15 mo) |
| White, Mun, & Morgan et al. (2008) | 199 | Mandated referrals | 18.59 | 71.3 | Immediate computerized PFI Delayed Computerized PFI |
4.74 (4.88)/wk 4.60 (4.93)/wk |
.24 (2 mo) N/A (7 mo) .33 (2 mo) N/A (7 mo) |
Note. Italicized values indicate data utilized in mean effect size comparisons. AE = alcohol education; BMI = brief motivational intervention; DB = decisional balance; FB = feedback; Grp = Group intervention; N/A = Calculations could not be made based on data provided; NR = not reported; PFI = personalized FB intervention; Wknd = weekend.
a
Participants were classified broadly as high-risk if multiple high-risk drinking eligibility criteria were used.
b
Reported as log values in the original paper.
c
Values reported in original manuscript were converted to drinks consumed per week.
d
Feedback content varied across conditions.